Music department had another busy Term two. From attending workshops to competing at several music competitions, music students have been devoting their time to practice and rehearse their skills to the next levels.  

Tiki Taane Mahuta

School of Music students attended Tiki Taane Mahuta show earlier in Term Two. Taane was accompanied by former Hagley College student Sam Trevethick from Shapeshifter, and Sam mentioned our school name and showed his appreciation to the school at the Q & A session. Students were inspired by their highly artistic live performance.

Rockquest

There were 60 bands who competed against each other at the Canterbury Regional Smokefree Rockquest this year. https://www.facebook.com/rockquest/ From Hagley College, 9 acts entered for this competition. All the bands worked very hard and supported each other on the day of the competition.

In the Solo/duo category, duo ‘X2’ (both Year 12 School of Music Students, Rongomai Callaghan and Nash’n Morgan) was awarded 2nd place in the Canterbury region of Rockquest and reached the top 10 in the National at the Rockquest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmdqnrzNWHk&feature=youtu.be

In the band category, three bands got through to the Regional Final of Rockquest this year. Three bands; Year 10 Kayne Child and his friends' band ‘Better Than Bacon’, high energy Year 13 students band ‘Blackreach’ with Sol Green, Tom Kumbaroff, Vincent Bolt and Andre van der Park, and finally very clever Math Metal band ‘the Blind Fishermen’ (both Year 12 School of Music students, Michael Bennett and Lawrence Miller). The Blind Fishermen received the Musicianship award from Mainz at the regional final.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKSL8oJSL2obDjVoMutMtHrfZnqsZnaoD

Photos - https://www.facebook.com/pg/HagleyCollegeMusic/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1616383245041290

Pacifica Beats

On Saturday 1st July, our one and only Pacifica Beats group comprised of Year 12 School of Music students (Nash’n Morgan, Rongomai Callaghan, Nikos Kazakos, Liam Makinson, and Maiya Mallinder) performed and recorded at Orange Studios for the Pacifica Beats Competition. They performed well, and their learning at the recording studio was immense.

The Christchurch Youth Jazz Orchestra

Year 12 School of Music student Lydia Fay has been selected to be the vocalist of the prestigious Christchurch Youth Jazz Orchestra. She has been busy rehearsing with the CYJO, and they will be performing at the Gala concert of the Big Band Festival 2017 in October.

Term 3 Events

In Term 3, our Intermediate Jazz Band led by Nanako Sato and Senior Jazz band ‘Dr Vesuvius & the Tambourine Enthusiasts’ led by Kevin Roberts will be competing at the JazzQuest on Saturday 5 August 1.30pm and Sunday 6 August at 10.30am at Ara. The senior jazz band will be competing at the Southern Jam Festival in Blenheim from Wednesday 9th August to Sunday 13th August.

Our choir and Cabaret groups will be participating at the Voices of Canterbury on Tuesday 15th (Workshop at Knox church from 12.30pm) and Thursday 17th (Performance at St. Margaret’s College).

There will be a Group’s Night on Tuesday 29th August where all the music groups of Hagley perform at Ara.

NCEA Senior Solo Performance Evening will be held at Ara from 6 pm on Tuesday 12 September.

Annual Music Showcase, Hagley On Show will be held at Hope Church on Wednesday 20 September.

VC trip – VC schools will be VC schools will be visiting our school from Wednesday 27th September to Friday 29th September.

School of Music Audition

Finally, School of Music 2018 auditions and interviews will be held in September and October. Please contact Nanako Sato for more information. Nanako.Sato@staff.hagley.school.nz